Department of Defense Instruction 1320.11, “Special Selection Boards,” Feb. 12, 2013 – This instruction updates policy, responsibilities and procedures for the use of Special Selection Boards for commissioned officers on active-duty lists and commissioned warrant officers on service warrant officer active- duty lists, and Reserve Component use of Special Selection Boards for commissioned officers on the reserve active-status list.

Joint Travel Regulations – The Joint Travel Regulations are applicable to uniformed members of the seven uniformed services (uniformed members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps), Department of Defense civilian employees and others traveling at department.

Title 10, U.S. Code, Subtitle A, Part 2, “Personnel” – This law includes Sections 501 to 1800 of Title 10 and addresses personnel, including officer strength and distribution in grade, and promotion, separation and involuntary retirement of officers on the active-duty list.

Title 38, U.S. Code, Chapters 34, “Veterans’ Educational Assistance” – This law establishes an education program to enhance and making more attractive service in the armed Forces of the United States, extend the benefits of a higher education to qualified and deserving young persons who might not otherwise be able to afford such an education, provide vocational readjustment and restoring lost educational opportunities to those service men and women whose careers have been interrupted or impeded by reason of active duty after Jan. 31, 1955, and aide such persons in attaining the vocational and educational status which they might normally have aspired to and obtained had they not served their country.